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Post by tarantulabarn on Jun 23, 2009 10:51:35 GMT
(Rumina decollata), does anyone know much about these snails, i have been trawling through the net but wondered if anyone has any experiance of keeping them
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Rachel
Archachatina puylaerti
They see me snailin'
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Post by Rachel on Jun 23, 2009 11:58:11 GMT
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Post by copigeon on Jun 23, 2009 14:12:36 GMT
Hey steve,
Kept them for about two years until I had a horrible disaster and lost the whole (huge) breeding culture.
Leason learnt there.
Keep on coir/peat not too wet, feed on sweet potato/romaine lettuce. They like it around 20c - too much heat and they will suffer. They lay small clutches of white eggs in the bottom of the enclosure.
Will breed like rabbits, very easy to rear.
If you have any surplus give me a shout - I know somewhere else to get hold of them again but the postage is far too high for one species alone so I havent bothered.
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Post by tarantulabarn on Jun 23, 2009 22:15:40 GMT
i will do, i will be getting around 200 to make the shipment worthwhile, its the same postage rate for up to 200, and theyre farm bred
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Post by copigeon on Jun 24, 2009 0:09:04 GMT
One assumes farming for pest control?
Although they will take other snails as a foodstuff, they did just fine on the usual salad offerings and didnt seem to suffer from a lack of protien in the two years I kept them.
Certainly they frequently ignored any other species in favour of romaine in particular.
I'll keep an eye out if you manage to get them in.
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